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SA foreskins used to freshen foreign faces?

Does South Africa know where its discarded foreskins go? The Medical Rights Advocacy Network fears that once the small strips of tissue are separated from their young hosts they could be illegally sold and exported to global cosmetic companies.
Continue reading | 10 August 2011 | 0 Comments | Tags: aaron motsoaledi, ethics, foreskin, medical rights advocacy network, neonatal circumcision, policy

More on the foreskin furore

An article appearing in the Mail & Guardian makes sensationalist and incorrect comments around a study of circumcision and HIV prevention.

Continue reading | 29 July 2011 | 0 Comments | Tags: auvert study, circumcision, clinical trials, condoms, ethics, foreskin, hiv prevention, journalism, mail & guardian, microbicide gels, news media, orange farm, sensationalist